to the University of Georgia, 1961; namesake of the William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Macon G. Harrold Carswell - Judge, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida, 1958–69; Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1969–70; unsuccessful nominee to the United States Supreme Court, 1970 Abraham Benjamin Conger - Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 1949–53 Bascom Sine Deaver - Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 1928–44 Albert John Henderson - Federal Appeals Court Judge, 1979–99; Judge, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1968–79 Richard Henry Mills - Judge, Federal District Court for the Central District of Illinois, 1985–present Carlton Mobley - Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, 1972–74; Associate Justice, 1954-72; United States Representative, Georgia's 6th Congressional District, 1932–33 Willie Louis Sands - Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 1994–present; the first African-American to serve on the court Marc Treadwell - Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 2010–present Julian Webb - Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1974-1979, and member of the Georgia State Senate, 1963-1974 Charles W. Worrill - Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, 1953–1954 Politics Doug Barnard - United States Representative, Georgia's 10th Congressional district, 1977–93 William Bradley Bryant - Georgia Superintendent of Schools, 2010–11 Cathy Cox - Georgia Secretary of State, 1999-07, the first woman elected to this position; President, Young Harris College, 2007–present Edward E. Cox - United States Representative, Georgia's 2nd Congressional district, 1925–52 Nathan Deal - United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1993-10; Governor of Georgia, 2011-19 Peter Zack Geer - Georgia Lieutenant Governor, 1963–67 Walter F. George - United States Senator from Georgia, 1922–57, served as President pro tempore, 1955–57; namesake of Mercer's Law School Buck Melton - Mayor of Macon, Georgia, 1975-79 Michael Meyer von Bremen - Georgia State Senator, 1999-09; served as the Democratic Party Senate Minority Leader, 2002–09 John Oxendine - Georgia Insurance Commissioner, 1995-11 Robert Reichert - Mayor of Macon and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives, 2007–present Dwight L. Rogers - United States Representative, Florida's 6th Congressional district, 1945–54 Christopher N. Smith - Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Denmark Malcolm C. Tarver - United States Representative, Georgia's 7th Congressional district, 1927–47 Carl Vinson - United States Representative for over 50 years, 1914–65; long-time Chairman, House Armed Services